CHALDO-ASSYRIAN WATCH:

Carey: Save Iraq Assyrians from Ethnic Cleansing (the Scotsman)

By John-Paul Ford Rojas, PA

The former Archbishop of Canterbury today launched a campaign to save the ancient Assyrian people of Iraq from extinction.

Lord Carey said they were facing systematic ethnic cleansing which had worsened considerably since the fall of dictator Saddam Hussein.

The mainly Christian community has faced relentless persecution for hundreds of years from the largely Muslim population living alongside them.

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There are 800,000 Assyrians in Iraq and there are thought to be around half a million living around the world. They still speak the ancient biblical language of Aramaic.

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I'm glad this crisis is getting some high-profile attention.